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There might need to be some smoothing to the idea of there the line of giving up a pick is, but I think you can get teams to agree to it if it lessens spending. This is why, IMO, the NBA salary structure hasnít progressed to something better. Everyone is too quick to shoot down ideas.

An NBA pick is much more valuable than a baseball pick. Giving up a pick is a massive penalty. The salary structure isn't perfect but it isn't the problem here. The mentality of GMs is a bigger problem.

Parker is average, but someone will pay him like a star because he can score and ignore the things he doesn't do. I think that's probably the Bucks, because they don't have an avenue to bring in another scorer next to Giannis. Small market yadda yadda yadda.

I agree that someone will overpay. That's why I say they should work a sign and trade to avoid that situation.

Right now they're basically using him in the role they used Beasley in last year.

I understand he's coming off an injury, but 15 games in now, and they really aren't really even looking to him to score which is the only thing he's good at.

Averaging under 2 FGAs in the 4th, and about 5 minutes in that quarter, they don't trust him yet late in games. How can you match on a max contract for him?

for bron that would be a sick trade but i doubt the cavs do it and bron isnt accepting that trade in the off season if it hurts the team he is going to... cp3 and pg wont work because their teams arent risking screwing over the top players in westy/harden and they could lose parker for nothing if pg walks.

Iíve said it in the past but this still hold true:
The max gets abused over player like Jabari Parker. Heís not worth it, agreed.

But knowing that the Bucks are near the cap and have little way of replacing Parker, some team with space will max him, playing cap room chicken. Ultimately the Bucks will math because they will realize they have no other option.

Teams abuse the max so much in that way. I can almost guarantee itís why Otto Porter Jr and Allen Crabbe are on max contracts. Itís why a guy like Gary Harris will get absurdly overpaid.

If the NBA came up with a way to balance that, like signing a RFA to a max deal whoís rights arenít yours transferred a top-5 protected 1st, we would use the use of the max contract massively decline.

Gary Harris has been a 21 point per game player since his injury, top scorer on the Nuggets and a top 5, SG defender in the league. At age 23 Harris is putting up the same numbers as Klay Thompson this year so if you would give Klay the max, then Harris is no where near overpaid.

Cov is making like 2 mil less than Harris. Talk about an overpayment he wouldnít even be in Denverís rotation with how he has played for the majority of the year.

Let Parker get healthy itís so hard to judge a guy off an injury like this. Middleton was injured last year and is having a career year.

Haha RoCo is better than most the wings playing for Denver, higher DWS, DBPM than most. League average shooter

RoCos contract also descends over time, to the point he will be making $8 mil less on the season than Harris for slightly better offense and worse defense. RoCos contract got front loaded and got a cap hip of a little over $10mil next year.

Haha RoCo is better than most the wings playing for Denver, higher DWS, DBPM than most. League average shooter

RoCos contract also descends over time, to the point he will be making $8 mil less on the season than Harris for slightly better offense and worse defense. RoCos contract got front loaded and got a cap hip of a little over $10mil next year.

Stay out east. When your boy plays next to the one of the best defenders period in the NBA, and plays against the East wing players of course his analytics will be elevated. Itís a guards game. Itís no surprise Ingles is a top 25 analytic defender either playing with Gobert. When Covington plays the talent on a night to night basis Harris does we can talk. Guarding Curryís, the Lillards, the Hardens, Jimmy Butlers on a night to night basis while being a top option on offense then Iíll give Covington love. He is no where near Harris being 4 years older. He can thank Embiid for his extension.